[I am delighted to host here a guest post by Walter Boente (walter.boente@unil.ch), Centre of Comparative, European and International Law, University of Lausanne; it is … Read More ›
Tag: CRPD
In an unusual step, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published a correction to General Comment 1, on Article 12 and … Read More ›
The MCA 2005 came fully into force 10 years ago today, on 1 October 2007. Entirely understandably given the day of the week its birthday fell, … Read More ›
In a fascinating judgment, B v D [2017] EWCOP 15, handed down on 5 September, Baker J had to consider whether it was in the … Read More ›
In A-MV v Finland, (Application no. 53251/13, decision of 23 March 2017), the European Court of Human Rights considered carefully but rejected a central tenet … Read More ›
A huge – and hugely impressive – report on the participation of P has just been published by Cardiff University’s team (Lucy Series, Phil Fennell … Read More ›
I reproduce here an updated version of the case summary and comment on the case of Briggs v Briggs [2016] EWCOP 53 that appeared in the December 2016 … Read More ›
We are looking as part of the major Wellcome Trust-funded Mental Health and Justice project to recruit eight people with personal experience of mental health … Read More ›
The first report following a confidential inquiry by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has just been published, into the United … Read More ›
The 4th World Congress on Adult Guardianship has just been held in Erkner, Germany, and I attended the first (international) part. The congress was attended … Read More ›